Smith Sound
Smith Sound is an Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Nunavut's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It links Baffin Bay with Kane Basin and forms part of the Nares Strait.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Smith Sound
- Type: Channel
- Description: arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada
- Categories: strait, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Smith Sound” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Smit boğazı”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Сміта”
- Catalan: “estret de Smith”
- Catalan: “Estret de Smith”
- Catalan: “Smith sound”
- Cebuano: “Smith Sound (agianan)”
- Cebuano: “Smith Sound”
- Chinese: “史密斯海峡”
- Chinese: “史密斯海峽”
- Danish: “Smith Sund”
- Dutch: “Smith Sound”
- Esperanto: “Sundo de Smith”
- Estonian: “Smithi väin”
- Finnish: “Smith Sound”
- Finnish: “Smithinsalmi”
- French: “détroit de Smith”
- French: “Détroit de Smith”
- Georgian: “სმითის სრუტე”
- German: “Smith Sound”
- German: “Smithsund”
- Hebrew: “מצר סמית‘”
- Hebrew: “מצר סמית’”
- Italian: “Canale di Smith”
- Japanese: “スミス海峡”
- Latvian: “Smita šaurums”
- Malayalam: “സ്മിത്ത് സൗണ്ട്”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Smithsundet”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Smitha”
- Russian: “Пролив Смита”
- Russian: “Смит”
- Slovak: “Smithov prieliv”
- Slovenian: “Sir Thomas Smith’s Bay”
- Slovenian: “Sir Thomas Smith’s Sound”
- Slovenian: “Smith Sound”
- Slovenian: “Smithov preliv”
- Slovenian: “Smithsund”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Smith”
- Spanish: “Smith Sound”
- Swedish: “Smith Sound”
- Swedish: “Smiths sund”
- Ukrainian: “Протока Сміта”
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Notable Places Nearby
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